tear gas

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It added that the claim that tear gas was deliberately fired into the hospital "does not correspond to the facts".

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

"When the police started firing tear gas, I was with Fatty," the former lawmaker Lee recalled.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Agents have set off tear gas canisters without giving a heads-up to Chicago police.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

The government’s lawyer, Sean Skedzielewski, said agents had warned protesters before deploying tear gas in the one incident he had been briefed on and the judge shouldn’t change her order based on one-sided accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

He needed Harrison to be in a good mood so he could ask him about tear gas.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie